Printed English Version A

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The printed English text that is critically understood to be part of the Version A pattern was produced by Richard Pynson, circa 1493. This text is the earliest surviving English print, predating Wynkyn de Worde's 1506 text, and is thought to represent a continuation of the manuscript tradition (Zeldenrust, 2026). The surviving text is fragmentary, however.

General Information

Parent Versions

Middle English Version A

Author

Richard Pynson

Branch of the tradition

Seven Sages of Rome

Language & Composition

Language of version

English

Place of composition

London

Date of Composition

1493

Literature & Editions

Modern research literature

Zeldenrust (2026)

Recorded Branch of This Secondary Version

• A (Seven Sages)
  • Dutch Version A
  • French Version A: Roman des Sept Sages
    • Group U
    • Group V
    • Group W
    • Group X
    • Group Y
    • Group Z
  • Gaelic Version A
  • German Version A: Allegatio/Libellus
  • Italian Version A
    • Italian Prose (V)
    • Libro dei Sette Savj (A)
    • Storia favolosa di Stefano (S)
  • Latin Version A
    • Latin Version A: Allegatio / Libellus
    • Latin Version A: De Septem Sapientibus
  • Middle English Version A
    • Midland Version
    • Printed English Version A
    • Y Group
      • Northern English
      • Southern English
  • Old Swedish Version A: Sju vise mästare
    • Old Swedish Redaction A
    • Old Swedish Redaction B
  • Older Scots Version A: Buke of the Sevyne Sagis
  • Welsh Version A: Chwedleu Seith Doethon Rufein
    • Early Modern and Modern Welsh Version A
    • Middle Welsh Version A

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